Vietnam in ASEM
Vietnam has made great contribution to the process of establishing
ASEM and is one of the 26 founding members of ASEM in
March 1996. Since then, together with other partners in ASEM
Vietnam has made efforts to help ASEM process evolve towards
the set targets and bring the Asia-Europe ties to a new height with
more effective and practical significance for the development of
both continents. Vietnam has not only actively implemented
agreements reached at four summits in three areas of political dialogue,
economic partnership and cooperation in other fields, but
also put forth initiatives to diversify cooperation activities in ASEM.
Vietnam's representatives in the Board of Governors of the Asia-
Europe Foundation (ASEF), Asia-Europe Vision Group, ASEM
Economic Taskforce, Expert Group on Investment have made
active and practical contribution to ASEM cooperation.
In addition, from October 2000 to the end of October 2004,
Vietnam assumed the role of an Asian coordinator among four
ASEM coordinators. In this regard, Vietnam has done a good job
and made practical contribution to the ASEM cooperation process,
which was highly appreciated by ASEM members. The most significant contribution to ASEM by Vietnam was the successful
hosting of the Fifth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 5) in Hanoi from
8-9 October 2004. This event has helped further substantiate,
revitalize and bring Asia-Europe cooperation process to a new
height.